- Date
- July 26, 1966
- Place
- Georgetown, CO · GEORGETOWN, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N90488Hiller UH12L4
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122522
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1024 66/7/26 GEORGETOWN COLO HILLER UH12L4 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0745 N90488 PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-D AGE 46, 8000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 56 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: VERTICAL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT LNDED ON SLING LOAD.TURBO WASTE GATE NOT ADJ FOR MAX PWR.SILVER SOLDER IN FUEL INJ,O RNGS MSNG
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90488
- Reported as
- Hiller UH12L4
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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